MP-0000.25.257 | Strathcona Medical building, McGill University, Montreal, QC, about 1925
Strathcona Medical building, McGill University, Montreal, QC, about 1925
Sydney Jack Hayward
About 1925, 20th century
Silver salts and transparent ink on glass - Gelatin dry plate process
8 x 10 cm
Gift of Mr. Stanley G. Triggs
MP-0000.25.257
© McCord Museum
Description
Keywords: Architecture (8646) , educational (709) , Photograph (77678)
Keys to History
Lord Strathcona (Donald Smith) was one of the leading philanthropists in Canada in the years just before and after 1900. As well as paying for a Canadian regiment to serve in South Africa, he also gave generously to McGill University in Montreal. In 1907 the medical building at the university was destroyed by fire, and Strathcona immediately volunteered to purchase land for a new one, across from the Royal Victoria Hospital, and to build it at his own expense. The result was a handsome, dignified building, to which was later added a stained glass window in memory of students killed in World War I, as well as the library of Sir William Osler, Canada's most famous doctor of that era. The Strathcona Medical Building, now called the Strathcona Anatomy and Dentistry Building, is still used by the university's medical students.
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What
This photograph shows the Strathcona Medical Building, built in the modern style of early-20th-century university buildings, named after the famous Scottish-Canadian Lord Strathcona (Donald A. Smith).
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Where
Built in 1872 to house the faculty of medicine, the building was destroyed by fire in 1907. It was rebuilt in 1908 on land situated at the corner of Pine Avenue and University Street by architects David Brown and Hugh Vallence.
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When
A wing of the 1872 building is still part of McGill University. Much of the original building was destroyed by fire in 1907.
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Who
Lord Strathcona donated the money for this building after the old one was destroyed by fire.
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